Namibia's national team have vowed to spare no effort to keep their unbeaten run on track when they face Uganda in a 2017 Africa Rugby Gold Cup tie on Saturday.
The early kick-off at the Legends Club in Lugogo will pit the table leaders against 2016 Africa 7s champions Uganda, who are also yet to taste defeat at this Gold Cup.
Davies Philip Thomas, the Namibia coach, told KweséESPN that his players could not afford to underestimate Uganda's strength.
"Every team is very dangerous when playing at home because there is a lot at stake which raises the tempo of the game. We want to try and take early control of the game and avoid a late fight back like we did against Zimbabwe last weekend," said the Welsh tactician.
Viviers Casper Wilfried, who plies his trade in France, pointed out that the Namibians must make sure they use the ball well, adding: "We shall be playing against a rugby team with home support and this calls for a lot of caution."
Wilson Gino Charlvic Pandeni, who scored one of the tries in their 31-26 home victory over Zimbabwe last weekend, explained that after three games without a defeat, they are very motivated to go all the way.
"After failing to earn a bonus point against Zimbabwe last weekend, we are coming all out against Uganda with a different game plan," he added.
In the same fixture last year, Namibia stopped Uganda 40-31 in Kampala. But this time round, after starting with a 33-33 draw away to Kenya and a 17-16 win in Senegal, before a 78-17 thumping of Tunisia last weekend, Uganda Rugby Cranes are not a team to be underestimated.
"This is a very big game for us because we know Namibia are a good team and they are the table leaders," Uganda's star player Philip Wokorach told KweséESPN.
The likes of team captain Brian Odongo, Scot Oluoch, Charles Uhuru, and Alex Mubiru are expected to play pivotal roles for the Cranes.
Uganda coach John Duncan made it clear that the game against Namibia will be a close contest and his boys must take their chances.
"We need to be very accurate in all that we decide to do when the game kicks off because Namibia have the capacity to punish opponents when the execution is lacking," he added.
Namibia lead the log with 15 points, while Kenya, who play away to Zimbabwe this weekend, are second with 12. Uganda are third with 11, Zimbabwe sit fourth with six, Senegal are fifth with 1 point, while Tunisia are sixth and yet to get off the mark.